Draven vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Draven
based on 3,461 Draven vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Janna
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Win Against Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Draven vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Draven vs. Janna matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Draven usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Janna. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Janna
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Who is Better, Draven or Janna?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Janna, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Draven makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Draven does have a lower win rate compared to Janna, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Jannaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Janna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven often picks up much more CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Draven versus Janna build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Draven combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Janna than with many other common item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.6% battling Janna with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Janna as Draven, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Draven vs Janna battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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